Stop automatically installing the new Outlook

Anonymous
2024-05-23T21:36:54+00:00

I'm not using "the new Outlook", I'm staying with the "classic Outlook". Since I don't use it, I have to delete the app. To my surprise, it re-installs itself after a period of time. It's super annoying since I have to keep deleting it How do I stop this from happening?

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-04-06T08:24:06+00:00

    If you're not interested in trying the new Outlook for Windows just yet and don't want to be a part of this one-time switch, in classic Outlook go to File> Options> General> New Outlook options and uncheck Automatically switch me to new Outlook.

    If you don't see this option, it means you're not currently eligible for an automatic switch to new Outlook for Windows at this time.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-24T21:05:45+00:00

    Is there a file that can be targeted by automation? This is a silly reason for multiple support requests. The features do not work with some objects that do work in Outlook Classic. Users accidentally click this, open with mailto:, and somehow in other ways.

    We need a solution to make this go away or at least mitigate some of the damage being caused by Outlook "New" reinstalling itself.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-12T14:11:30+00:00

    There are alternatives to Windows, but it is bound to be a huge task moving to another system.
    But I agree that Microsofts new "force"-policy, is off-putting, and my guess is that it eventually will come back and bite them.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-12T13:19:24+00:00

    Would just like to add, as a business customer, that I find this practice of pseudo-mandating new software by making it unremovable to be deeply off-putting. If you weren't the only option for our enterprise I would take my business elsewhere immediately. This company is a shell of what it used to be

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